Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-08-18
DOG CARLO.

/ r,S rauch ami Knew How to Pa ,
Jokes, and Knew and Appreciates "oo-
Manners. =
Did Won ever see dog laughI
Carlo could laugh. He was great
Newfoundland dog, as black as Ere
bus, which is q way grown people
have of saying black as night. CARO-
lived ut Saugatuck, Connecticut ana
there the children went to spend few
weeks every summer.
| Carlo knew about the time they
ought to arrive, and went regularly
to the morning and afternoon trains
until they came. Then such romps
and games all the summer long! The
| children were little and Carlo was big.
When he had lured them to the top OF
the terrace, with one bump OF MS
| shaggy sides he would send them roll
ing down the soft turf, and then sit
ting on his launches grin and snow
his white teeth from ear to ear.
Jennie and Dick liked to sit on the
beach and catch hold of Carlos tail,
intending that he sh ould pull them
| through the white sand. And so he
would for few steps. then suddenly
he would throw himself backward on
them, kick his heels in the air, while
they lay sprawling underneath, and
show Enthusiastically that he had the
best of the joke.
Carlo was not only very fond OF the
children, but his love for them made
him the most watchful of guardians.
When they went to walk on the coun-
try roads he made his own expeditions
right and left; but if he saw a strange
dog or horse or drove of COWS. he
bounded back to the children's side,
and trotted along between them and
danger.
One day the boys were bathing, and
they grew so excited In the surf that
their screams were louder and wilder
than usual. Carlo pricked up his ears.
He didn't like those cries. Plunging in
to the water he drew out one boy after
another, and there they lay in row
on the sand almost before you could
say 'Jack Robinson.
Carlo was once knocked from the
railroad track by an engine, and mar
rowly escaped with his life. This
taught him that a big rushing engine
with shrill voice must not be trifled
with. One day the children were
playing on the track. Carlo grew I'M
easy, and at last with his big powerful
body succeeded in pushing them side
wise off the track. This was scarcely
done when the engine came rushing
around the curve. Carlo knew it was
train time, although he carried no
watch.
His feelings were very sensitive. and
sometimes he showed it. He dearly
loved to be trusted with books and
packages, and the more precious they
were the better he was pleased. One
day nanny took the children and
Carlo on an errand to buy some books.
Carlo as usual begged to carry them.
mo, Carlo, said nanny, Il can't
trust you with these books
Finally, however. he begged so hard
that she gave him a magazine with a
paper cover and no gilt on the back.
c arlo carried it few steps and then
laid it down in the road. looked over
his shoulder at nanny with a CLEAN
in his eye, and walked off with great
dignity.
Carlo also knew and appreciated
good manners. An ungentlemanly
man once came to the house and
stopped in the hall to talk without re-
moving his hat. Carlo came in from
behind the visitor and saw him thus
covered. Very gently he stood up,
put paw on each of the mans shout
ders, and taking off the hat in his
teeth, ran and hung it on the hat-rack.
Mary G. Humphreys, IN Harper's
Younq People.